Wire reeling attachment



May 19, l1931. vw, c, SAUNDERS 1,805,636

WIRE REELING ATTACHIENT Filed July l5. 1929 2 Sheets-511961 l May 19, 1931. w. c. sAuNDERs l 1,805,536

wm: REELING ATTACHMENT Fi'led Julyl;J 1929 2 sheets-sheet 2 75 n@ f/ 2% Z h wif -Y-mM-v Patented May 19,` 1931 wmnnnnmne g.faurrncmzrnur applicati@ inea 'my `13,

My invention relatesto a device for reeling wire such as barb wlreandhas for its obgect toV provide an attachment foran ordinary farm wagon kfor.performing this .function,.

' `5A said attachment rbeing such asY to be driven im tionvin the wagonitself."y

from one of the wheelsof the wagon.

An object of my invention is to provide a device of this kind which kmay be attached to a wagon with a minimum amount of altera- AA primary'object of providea reeling attachment which isy such as to allow removal of a iilled-reel from the reelingdrive mechanism and thelreplacement ofthe illedreel by an `empty reel,

"F5 against the wagonwheelwhileY-frictionally Another vobjectoi the invention is `to provide a'simplearrangement for connecting the reel to the reel drive mechanism-so as to 0b-l tain adriving engagement between the two with a minimum of diiliculty; To this Y.,end, my invention contemplates Athe usefof -a `reel shaft adi-ive pulley adapted to-'be mounted Y Y for' rotationxupon said shaft, a reelalso mounted for rotation/upon the Vshaft andra clutch connection between the drive pulleyL and 7the reel.;Y r

Y 'Anotherfobject'is fto provide a simple andj eiificient Vcontrol mechanism-fior engagingy the drive pulleyk or disengaging the Ydrivevpulley to or from the rim. of 'one .of-the wagon wheels,- said control mechanism 'including' means for allowing resilientcpressureto be a-ppliedto the drive pulley infsuch a manner that the drive pulley may be allowed toslip engaging the same. t Y t ,n

Anotherobject lis toprovide a guid device for guiding ,the wire upon-the reeLjV My' in@v vention contemplates the vusev of' a yoke *40 shaped member, hinged upon the lreel* shaft and embracing the `reel and drive pulleyY- and a guide `c sleeve] slidably mounted on thejyoke shaped member for movementin'fa ydirection parallel to the reelshaftff i' v Another object is to providea connectionl between the. yolreand the reel shaft suchA as.

to allow ready removal ofL the reel fromthe yoke; v y Y,

myA invention .is to Y further object tojprovide an arrangelf 192e. serial No. 378,115.

v`ment in whichtheyoke may bejemployedto lock the reel in place onthereel',shaft. v

t With these and other *obj ects -in view, my invention consists in theconstruction, arrange- Y yment and combination ofthe-various parts of lmy, device,vwhereby the objects contemplated fare? attained,V as hereinafter more Vfully set' forth, pointedy outin my claimsg-and illustra-13 ed in the accompanying drawings,V in which: .Y Fig.y 1v is ,a vvside'4k elevatonof a wagon with my invention.attachedthereto, t AFig. 2 is an inverted planview vof.thesamel Fig', 8 is a detail view of adjacent portions of the lreel driving mechanism and the-wagon wheel which drives the same, they reel being re- `moved.

- Figa is ,a 'demi view" showing the: 'Cent struction of .theconnection betweenthecontrol mechanism Aand the reel shaft, the drive --pulley being removed inYorder-to illustrate this.constructiont,1ri Y f ,Y Y Y *Y t u Fig. 5 is a sectional view-taken longitudinally through the reel andreel drive assembly. Y

indicatetgenerally the boX'of thefarm wagony khaving thevfi'ont wheels l11 and the" rear wheels 12,1; t

r The brake Ylever isshown at 13. Y i ,Y The stepY'of the wagonis formed by a member 14,supported on the protruding ends of under side of ythe/wagon bozf:` 10. This Acon'- to better illustrate the driving mecha:

have used theYreferencefcharacter:V10 to f the spaced cross members v15,'secured to the .struction is ay common construction in-farm t ofthe wagon kbox on the under side thereof 9i between the `members 15, as shown in Fig; 2

and intermediate its length is supported ,between the step 111 onthe opposite side ofthe wagon .boxg'fromY the pivot 17y and another yokemtwhch; iS .identical in Construction to the yoke 18. The yoke 20 is of such length as to provide an elongated slot in which the shaft 16 may slide.

The shaft 16 is extended considerably beyond the yoke 20 to form a trunnion for the drive pulley and the reel. y

The drive pulley is loosely mounted on the shaft and so positioned as to engage one of the rear wheels 12, as shown in Fig. 2. The

engagement of the hub of the pulley againstr i passes entirely through the reel.

across one edge kof one of the cross members 23. When the reel is held against the pulley, the reel will serve .to hold the pulley in place 'Ill ,finger 22 projects sufficiently to extend and also to lock itself in driving engagement with the pulle The reel is lield in place by a collar 25, which forms part of the guide yoke. The collar 25 is provided with a set screw 26, by means Yof which .the collar may be secured to the shaft. W'hen the set screw is loosened, the collar 25 may be moved by sliding the entire yloke, of which it forms a part, longitudina y of the shaft until the collar is free of the'shaft.

The yoke comprises the collar 25, an arm 27, formed integrally lwith the collar 25 and a U shaped member having `the side arms 28 and 29, respectively, and the connecting bar 30. The arm 28 is short `enough so that when the collar 25 has been removed from the shaft 16 and the arm 27 swung to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the' reel may be removed past Athe arm 28, the 'latter passing ,between the crossed end members 23. f

The arm 27 is pivoted to the arm 28 as at 31. It will nowbe seen that a single set screw 26 serves to hold the rail in place and to lock the parts of the yoke in their position shown in Fig. 2, Where the yoke is swingingly mounted as an integral unit upon the shaft l16.

The arm 29 extends across one of the cross members 15 ofthe wagon, thereby vsupporting the yoke in theV position shown.

Theguide sleeve is formed as a bell shaped IIIe/ber 3.2,'hevn e hook 33, which sldably receives the bar i 0 of the yoke. The bar b wi 34 travels through the bell-shaped ,Sleevie32 to the reel as shown.

.A leser .3.5 ie-preted et 36 ,tothe Sileeve B2 and extends overthe edge of the Wagon box 10 to within reach of the operator who, by moving the lever back and forth, may cause the sleeve 32 to slide upon the bar 30, thus guiding the wire 34 laterally to wind it evenly upon the reel. l

It has already been noted that the shaft 16 is mounted for sliding movement within the yoke 20. This is to allow movement of the pulley 21 toward and from the wheel 12. I

provide a control mechanism for holding the pulley 21 against the wheel 12, which is as follows: The Ylever 37 is pivoted at 38 to the side of the wagon box and at its lower end is provided with an elongated slot 39, which receives the shaft 16. As the lever is-moved back and forth, the shaft will be carried with it tok carry the pulley 21 against the wheel or away from it. In order to transmit movement to the lever, I provide a rod 40, which is pivoted as at 41 to the brake lever 13. The rod .40 is connected to the lever 37 through themedium of a spring 42, which is secured to the rod 40 at 43 and secured to a short link 44 as at 45.

The rod extends through the' spring 42 as yindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and at its end is looped about the link 44 as at 46.

It will now be seen that the rods 40 and 44 are connected to the respective ends of' the spring 42 and slida'blyl mounted relative to each other so that the pull of the lever 13 may be transmitted to the ylever 37 through the medium of the spring 42. At ythe same time', .the amount which the spring 42 may stretch is limited by the engagement of the loop 46 aga-inst the end 45 of Ythe spring 42 so that if desired or if necessary a much greater amount of pressure than the tensile strength of 4thespring 42 may be applied to the `lever vThe advantages of the various features of my invention are as follows.: In winding wire such as barb wire kthat has been taken down from a fence, it is desirable to pick .the wire up from `the position that it assumes after bein deposited upon .the ground adjacent the ence posts to which it `was formerly attached. My invention will accomplish this in the most eliicent manner by winding the wire as fast as it can be lifted from the ground. The wagon travels in the direction indicated by the arrow `50 and the wire 1s picked up and kept taut r.by the reeling device so that it will not drag behind the reeling mechanism. In this way, the Wire may be picked up `through 4the guiding device shown, which is Vmost lconveniently positioned extending forwardly ffrom the reel. It would be dicult to extend the guide rearwardly because of the interference of the rear wheel 12. VFurthermore in vpicking vthe wire ,u in this manner,v there will be no frictiono the wire dragging against the ground and the egeretien ef .the suisne .dev iee .rendered e ective due to the fact that thewire extends figata@ to a point where it touches the ground andV the Aguide deviceA engages it intermediate these two points with practically no pull of the wire against the Aguide sleeve.

is made possible by the spring tensioning de vice and by the use of a pulley 21, which is of sufficient size so that the pulley, if rotated against thewheel 12-without slippage,7`will wind the wire a trifieffaster at the beginning of the winding movement than itis ypossible to pick up the wire from the ground. In other words, the pulley 21 will constantly have a slight slip against the rim of the wheel 12and the tension of the spring 42 may be adjusted just sufficiently to keepk the wire lifted in substantially the positionshown.

As the size of the coil of wire increases with the winding ofthe wire yupon the reel, the slippage of the pulley 21 will necessarilybe greater, due to the increased diameter of winding surface. This will be compensated at all times by the resilient spring connectionV of the control mechanism.

Another very important feature of my in` vention is the removability of the reel. It will be readily understood that in order to be practical, a device Vof this character must be such'as to allow large amounts of Lwire to 'bek wound withoutconsiderable adjustment of' the mechanism. For this'purpose, it may bev necessary to employ several reels. IVhen one reel is full, it will ybe necessary to remove the reeland replace it with another. I have embodied in my invention a removable reel andv mechanism for holding the reel in place and', inconnection with the driving means for easy Y removal of the reel. All that is necessary is tok loosen the set screw 26 to swing the arm 27 to the dotted line kposition shown and to pull the reel from the shaft 16. A new reel may then be placed on the shaft and the collar 25 replaced on the shaft 16 and the set screw tightened. The new reel is then ready for work.

The guide mechanism is important because a greater amount of wire may be wound upon the reel where the wire is lcarefully spread back and forth from end to end of the reelv during the windingprocess than where itis wound on the reel without attention to the' distribution of the turns. I vconsiderthe construction embodying the use of the steps .14C for supporting the reel shaft to be a very important feature of my invention for the reason that the mechanism for mounting the reel is thus disposed underneath venten" .wiihndeprtngf from," the" 'real lmy y intention to'A "cover f my claims, any

' 'modifiedflforms' offstructureor 'use of mech'ant ical e'qu1valents,fwh1ch maybe reasonablyfin- Y The picking up of the wire in this'manner eluded their scope.

`I claimas myjinventionzf j Y, a wire/reeling attachment for a' farm wagon havingia' wagon box, -a step' supported thebox, afree'l shaftpivoted to they step and extending transversely under the box, a :reel carried the `other endV of the shaft, a

pulley for driving the reel, adapted to engage engaging' thefshaft andv pivoted to the side of for driving the reel, adapted to engagethe rim` of a wheel of thewagon, and means to urge' the pulley into engagement withrthe wheel.

3; Ina wire reeling attachment for a farmV wagon having a box, a reel shaft supported by the box pivoted thereto at one end, and extending transversely thereunder, La reel carried by the other end of the shaft, a pulley for -drivingfthe reel, adapted to engage the rim of a wheel ofthe wagonand means to urge the pulley into engagement with the wheel.

Y 4. In a wire reeling attachment for a farm wagon, areel shaft non-rotatably mounted on thecwagon box, a pulley mounted loosely on the` shaft'in a position to engage the rim of a wheel of the wagon, a reel loosely mounted'V onV the shaft, a separable driving connection paratus comprising a guide sleeve, and a yoke embracing the reel, upon which said sleeve 1s spirit, and'purpolse f my invention, and itis the rim of awheel' of the wagom anda lever {ther'wagonbox to yurge the pulley into engagement with the'wheel(k L 2.' jIna wire -,reeling attachment Afor a farm mounted, said yoke beingprovided-with loops receiving the shaft, one of said loops being secured to the shaft to hold the yoke and reel place thereon.

' r5. Ina wire reeling attachment for a farm wagon, a reel shaft nonrotatably mounted Y on the Wagon box, a pulley mounted loosely Von the shaftin a position to engage the rim ing apparatus comprising a guide sleeve, and4 a yoke embracing the reel, upon which said sleevefis mounted, said yoke being provided withk loops receiving the shaft, one of said loops being secured to the shaft to holdV the yoke and reel in place thereon, and being embodied in a swinging arm, pivoted to the yoke, and adapted to swingfto a position out of the way of a portion of the reel.

6. In awire reeling attachment for a farm wagon havinga box, a reel shaft supported betweenthepulley and reel, wire feeding apf Leonesa :by the box pivoted thereto at one end, and ,extending transversel thereunder, ya reel carried by the other en of the shaft, a pulley for driving the reel, adapted to engage the C i5 rim of a Wheel of the wagon, means to urge the pulley into engagement with the Wheel, an operating lever, and a link connecting said levers, including :a .tension s ring.

7. In a wire reeling attac ment for a farm wagon having a box, a reel shaft supported .by the box pvoted thereto at one end, and extending transversel thereunder, a reel carried by the other en of the shaft, a pulley for driving the reel, adapted to engage the rim of a vwheel of the wagon, means to urge the pulley into engagement with the wheel, a pair of rods, a spring connected at one end -to the end of one rod, and at its other end to an intermediate portion of the other rod, "20 said yother rod extending through the spring and being looped about the first rod beyond its connection with `the spring.

Signed this 13 day of June, 1929, in the kcounty of Woodbury and State of Iowa. 725 WlLLIAM C. SAUNDERS. 

